what shall i do.

[Dazboots]

hi there im running 3 screens @ the mo.
native resolution is 3840by1024. using a asus 4870x2 tri fan and a sapphire 4870 with the new toxic cooler. im thinking about selling both cards and buying a nvidia 295 card. is this a wise move or would u stay with what i have. thx in responce. ps and im thinking about getting bigger screens as there only 19 ich.

 

[uv]

Even though the resolution is rather insane, surely 3x4870's can cope?
Are your cards struggling to give playable fps in any of the games you play?

*edit*

It's not actually that insane a resolution - 3.9MP compared to the 2.3MP you'd get if running 2x24" monitors - which tri-fire'd 4870's would handle easily.

I really can't imagine there's a single game (bar Crysis, obviously) that requires more GPU power than you currently have.
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/426660-vr-z-gtx295-vs-4870x2-benchmarks.html
The above link benchmarks a 4870x2 against a TGTX295, and there's not a huge difference - moving from tri-fire to a GTX295 will probably be a sidegrade, if anything.

I'd only bother switching if you're after
a) lower power consumption
b)CUDA/physx

 

[layte]

I would have thought that a trifire setup would be faster than the 295?

 

[Dazboots]

Even though the resolution is rather insane, surely 3x4870's can cope?
Are your cards struggling to give playable fps in any of the games you play?

*edit*

It's not actually that insane a resolution - 3.9MP compared to the 2.3MP you'd get if running 2x24" monitors - which tri-fire'd 4870's would handle easily.

I really can't imagine there's a single game (bar Crysis, obviously) that requires more GPU power than you currently have.
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/426660-vr-z-gtx295-vs-4870x2-benchmarks.html
The above link benchmarks a 4870x2 against a TGTX295, and there's not a huge difference - moving from tri-fire to a GTX295 will probably be a sidegrade, if anything.

I'd only bother switching if you're after
a) lower power consumption
b)CUDA/physx

hi again thx for the responce.
the thing is im getting a bit fed up with ati driver support.
the drivers for the cards r not goood @ all.
8.12 run ok but fps could be better. 9.1 blue screen and 9.2 r amazing in crysis but rubbish in world of warcraft.
keeps stuttering. its because of the driver issue that i was thinking of changing.

 

[Ucof]

I had 9.2 blue screen on me when loading windows.
Went back down to 9.1

It really is a joke with regards to their drivers.

 

[Musty Pie]

This is why i don't mind paying a premium for NV cards because the driver support is top notch (in most cases)

 

[arc@css]

Must admit that imho I've had no major problems with the ATI drivers but since going back to an ATI product last August it has been a bit of a seesaw of inconsistency compared to when before I had two Nvidia cards. Never noticed an improvement with the nvidia drivers but never saw any issues no matter how minor. I recollect that when I had the last ATI card before that, my X800 pro, drivers were better.

 

[uv]

I had 9.2 blue screen on me when loading windows.
Went back down to 9.1

It really is a joke with regards to their drivers.

On my current install I've used 8.12, 9.1, 9.2, WDDM1, WDDM1.1, and generic MS VGA drivers, all without any issue..

I guess YMMV :/